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This will mean
the arrival in Peru of more than 8,000 delegates, who —in turn— will denote revenue for tourism and consumption, Ambassador Chavez-Taffur indicated
earlier this month.
Similarly, the diplomat underscored that, since the country's entry into this forum, exports to the Asia-Pacific region have increased at a rate of 12% per year, reaching US$40 billion as a whole.
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam are members of this bloc.
Peru held the APEC Presidency in 2008 and 2016, playing the role of the Leaders' Summit host on both occasions.
During that last year, 1,200 businesspeople from the region and more than 3,000 representatives of international media outlets arrived in the South American country.